According to the calendar, we have passed midway in our trip through winter. The actual weather during the next coming weeks will often show that winter is still with us. But longer days tell us of ...

A: With vertical cracks in the bark along the trunk like that, I suspect those are frost cracks. These commonly happen in maples, which are thin-barked trees. Missouri Botanical Garden explains how ...

A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. Corey Snyder, a wood turner in ...

The list of diseases attacking trees in the Pacific Northwest grows every year. A pathogen now found in Bellingham brings an added concern: It can injure people. A research project using citizen ...

From an aesthetic point of view, Japanese maples have a distinctive architectural beauty year-round but especially after their leaves fall. From a practical perspective, these maple trees are compact ...